▸ the year you arrived
1987
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You will be 39 this year — a child of the '80s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Top of your year, by vibe
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Top 10 of 1987
- 1
Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
- 2
Alone
Heart
- 3
Shake You Down
Gregory Abbott
- 4
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston
- 5
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Starship
- 6
C'est La Vie
Robbie Nevil
- 7
Here I Go Again
Whitesnake
- 8
The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
- 9
Shakedown
Bob Seger
- 10
Livin' on a Prayer
Bon Jovi
Your stats
Your generation
Millennial
1987 belonged to
Madonna
4 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
1987 smelled like screen static, warm sidewalks, a Fudge Stripe cookie, and a can of Hawaiian Punch.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe👕 tee →
- ThunderCats👕 tee →
- G.I. Joe👕 tee →
- The Smurfs👕 tee →
- The Real Ghostbusters👕 tee →
- DuckTales👕 tee →
- Inspector Gadget
- Voltron👕 tee →
- Muppet Babies
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
📰 Headlines
- Reagan: 'Tear down this wall'
- Black Monday crash (Oct 19)
- Iran-Contra hearings
- INF Treaty signed
- Gary Hart scandal
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Apple Macintosh II launches
- Microsoft Windows 2.0
- Final Fantasy debuts (Japan)
- PowerPoint first released
- Sony 8mm camcorders spread
🏆 Sports
- Twins win the World Series
- Lakers win the NBA title
- Giants win Super Bowl XXI
- Oilers win the Stanley Cup
- Leonard beats Hagler
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Koosh balls debut
- Nintendo Power magazine
- Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- Pogo ball
- California Raisins
👖 Clothes
- Stonewashed & ripped jeans
- Bolo ties
- Leggings & oversized tops
- Big shoulder pads
- Hair scrunchies
💵 What it cost
- Gas: 95¢/gal
- Stamp: 22¢
- Movie ticket: ~$3.91
- New car avg: ~$12,500
- Median home: ~$85,000
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
How well do you remember 1987?
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💬 Memories from 1987
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